Ask HN: How do you produce product demo videos?
recommended by 1 user | 2009 | 50 points by Edinburger | marketing | original thread |

I would like to show a product demo video (screen capture) on my homepage. Seems like this is a common requirement. Can anyone share some advice from their experiences?

What software do you use to produce the videos? Any free solutions? What resolutions worked well for capturing text in a browser? Streaming or progressive download? Any other hints?

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aquark Dec 3, 2010 | on: Ask HN: What do you use for Screencasts? | context

There are a couple of older threads on this which are worth reading:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=436523 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133349 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=198158 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=930530

I went round this loop a while ago and Camtasia really wins out

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recommended by 1 user | 2008 | 12 points by shafqat | original thread |
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